Scepticism on both sides? The possibility of an EU-Mercosur association agreement leading to “the most extensive free trade zone in the world” is raising a number of concerns in Europe (see this column yesterday) but does Mercosur actually believe in it? Chance would have it that Paraguay is currently presiding over Mercosur and that it was therefore the Paraguayan president who held discussions with the president of the European Commission last week. Mr Lugo Mendez is obviously a...